Nike missile locations | Virginia
Nike Missile Sites in Virginia
Find Nike sites in Virginia by town, site ID, or defense area. Browse the original service dates and site notes, with links to existing histories and IFC or launch pages where available.
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Before visiting a site: Condition and ownership notes below come from the prior inventory and have not been verified as current. They are not access guidance. Any coordinates in the additional source material are source-listed points, not surveyed property boundaries.
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Norfolk Defense Area
8 sites in this inventory
It shows the defense area at a glance; use the individual IFC and launch links for each site's component record.
Deep Creek/ Portsmouth
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/18H, 30A/8L-UA
Chesapeake Alternative School
Public Safety Training Center
Denbigh/ Patrick Henry
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B, 1C/18H, 30A/12L-UA, (8L-H)
Peninsula Airport Commission
Peninsula Airport Commission
Fort Story
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 4B, 2C/18H, 30A/24L-UA
Army amphibious training site
Army amphibious training site
Fox Hill
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2C, 1B/30A/12L-A
Fort Monroe, HQ Training and Doctrine Command
Fort Monroe, HQ Training and Doctrine Command
Hampton/ Spiegelville
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
USAR Center
USAR Center
Kempsville
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
City of Virginia Beach, Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation, maintenance
Nansemond/ Suffolk
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B, 1C/30A/12L-A
USAR Center
Bennett's Creek Park
Smithfield/ Carrolton
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
Isle of Wight Couty Park
Isle of Wight County Park
Washington Defense Area
3 sites in this inventory
Fairfax/Pohick
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/20A/8L-A
Fairfax County ownership
Fairfax County ownership
Herndon/ Drainsville
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
Defense Mapping Agency
Fairfax County Parks and Recreation also Fairfax County Public Schools Administration
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B, 2C/24H, 60A/24L-UA, (16L-H)
District of Columbia minimum security prison
District of Columbia minimum security prison
Additional source material
Historical notes, maps, coordinates, and links
Note there are additional sites that covered the Washington area in Maryland.
Reading the original records
Missile codes and source context
Nike missile and launcher code key
The original inventory uses compact storage and launcher codes, retained in each site's details.
- Storage
- C: Ajax only, original design. B: Ajax or Hercules, with some elevators modified for Hercules. D: either type, with increased magazine access.
- Launcher
- A: Ajax; AA: double Ajax; AG: above ground; H: Hercules; L: launcher; K: unofficial Alaskan above-ground designation; U: universal; UA: half universal and half Ajax; UU: double universal.
Launcher conversions to Hercules appear in parentheses in the original code, for example (8L-H).